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Skidmore College

815 N Broadway, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866

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Skidmore College School Description

The principal mission of Skidmore College is the education of predominantly full-time undergraduates, a diverse population of talented students who are eager to engage actively in the learning process. The college seeks to prepare liberally educated graduates to continue their quest for knowledge and to make the choices required of informed, responsible citizens. Skidmore faculty and staff create a challenging yet supportive environment that cultivates students' intellectual and personal excellence, encouraging them to expand their expectations of themselves while they enrich their academic understanding.

Skidmore is a highly selective liberal arts college with a reputation for its creative approaches to just about everything. With its relatively small size and student-faculty ratio, the College is a close-knit academic community. Skidmore is known for its faculty of teacher-scholars devoted to the instruction and mentoring of undergraduates—approximately 2,400 talented men and women from some 47 states and 46 countries.

A great education is all about putting academic theory and creative expression into practice. That’s what our founder, Lucy Skidmore Scribner, believed. Skidmore’s not an ivory tower. Never has been. Never will be. It’s a place where faculty and students work together, then figure out how to use what they’ve learned to make a difference in the world. This practical focus often leads to cross-disciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches, where students carry multiple majors, student-faculty research is common, and internships and community service are standard. It also leads to interesting and unusual combinations of activities, frequently woven into an intellectual passion.

There is no Greek life at Skidmore—except of course in Classics courses. And our students think that’s great because frats and sororities don’t get in the way here. Instead, you can choose from nearly 100 student clubs and organizations, ranging from the Model European Union to the Asian Cultural Association to the Environmental Action Club to SkidTV to snowboarding to anything you want to start up. It’s a way to add value to academics, and develop your leadership skills. It’s fun and gets you engaged with the community. Most importantly, it could well open doors to your professional future.

A ten-minute walk from Skidmore puts you in the heart of a downtown brimming with galleries, clubs, shops (funky and major retail), coffeehouses, bistros, and great restaurants. Legendary folk club Caffè Lena, where Don McLean wrote “American Pie” and Bob Dylan performed, is a student favorite. So is Esperantos, co-founded by a Skidmore sociology prof.

Good location? Boston, New York City, and Montreal are no more than a three-hour car ride from campus. And the Adirondacks, Berkshires, and the Green Mountains, in easy striking distance, provide opportunities for rock- and mountain-climbing, white-water rafting, hiking, kayaking, downhill skiing, and mountain biking.

There’s real history here, too: famed mineral waters, a Revolutionary War battlefield, and the nation’s oldest and most beautiful thoroughbred race track. Arts? Culture? The Saratoga Performing Arts Center is summer home to the New York City Ballet, Philadelphia Orchestra, and a performing venue for top rock and jazz musicians.

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Skidmore College

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Skidmore College is a private, liberal arts college located in Saratoga Springs, New York, United States. The college currently enrolls approximately 2,500 students and offers B.A. and B.S. degrees in more than 60 areas of study. Skidmore received 7450 applications in 2007–08 for the class of 2012, admitting 28% of its applicants. The median SAT score was 1320 and ACT score was 30. In 2006, Newsweek/Kaplan identified Skidmore as one of 25 'New Ivies,' an elite school providing an excellent education outside of the Ivy League. Since 2007, Skidmore has decided not to participate in U.S. News & World Report rankings.

History

Since its founding in the early twentieth century as a women's college, Skidmore has undergone several transformations. The Young Women's Industrial Club was formed in 1903 by Lucy Ann Skidmore (1853-1931) with inheritance money from her husband, who died in 1879, and from her father, Joseph Russell Skidmore (1821-1882), a prosperous coal merchant, who died in 1882. In 1911, the club was chartered under the name "Skidmore School of Arts" as a college to vocationally and professionally train young women.

Charles Henry Keyes became the first president of the school in 1912, and in 1919 Skidmore conferred its first baccalaureate degrees under the State University of New York. By 1922 the school was independently chartered as a four-year, degree-granting college.

Skidmore was first located in downtown Saratoga Springs, but on October 28, 1961, the college began its move to the Jonsson Campus, an plot of land on the edge of Saratoga. The Jonsson Campus was named for Skidmore trustee Erik Jonsson, the founder and president of Texas Instruments and a former mayor of Dallas, Texas (1964-1971).

Trustee Josephine Young Case delivered a charge on the development of the new campus, a speech which to this day guides Skidmore's development. For example, on Scribner Library she wrote, "And at the heart of the beating center, you must set the library where every book wanted is immediately at hand, and a thousand others wait beside them to be discovered."

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Quick Facts

Chance of Admission:
Location:
Northeast
Setting:
Small Town Setting
Type:
Private
Size:
Medium (2,000 to 5,000 Undergrad)
Mascot:
Throughbreds

Students & Campus Life

Undergraduate Enrollment:
2,773
On Campus Housing:
Available
Full Time Students:
100%
Athletic Programs:
Available
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Expenses

Average Tuition:
$ 36,860
Students Receiving Aid:
40%
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Admissions

Application Fee:
$ 60
Selectivity:
Highly Selective
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Skidmore College Degree Programs

Bachelor’s Degree Programs

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Master’s Degree Programs

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Skidmore College Students & Campus Life

General

Full-Time vs. Part-Time
Full-Time 100%
Part-Time 0%
Men vs. Women
Women 58%
Men 42%
Race/Ethnicity
Caucasian 70%
Other 19%
Asian 6%
Hispanic 3%
African-American 2%

Geography

In State vs. Out-of-State
Out-of-State 69%
In-State 31%
Top States for Incoming Freshman
New York 31%
Massachusetts 15%
New Jersey 8%
Connecticut 7%
California 5%
Percent of Students International: 1%

Housing

On-Campus Housing Available: Yes
Percent of Students Living On-Campus: 77%
Freshman Students Required to Live on Campus: Yes

Athletics

Member of: NAA, NCAA
Sports Include: Basketball (Upstate Collegiate Athletic Association)
Baseball (Upstate Collegiate Athletic Association)

Skidmore College Expenses (Tuition & Fees)

Tuition & Fees (undergraduate) Expenses  
Published Tuition and Fees:
 $ 36,860    
Average Tuition for Full-Time Undergrads:
 $ 36,126    
Required Fees for Full-Time Undergrads:
 $ 734    
Financial Aid Avg. Amount Received % of Students Receiving Aid  
Federal Grants:
 $ 4,963 12%  
State and Local Grants:
 $ 3,812 13%  
Institutional Grants:
 $ 19,491 40%  
Student Loans:
 $ 2,167 40%  
Any Aid:
   40%  

Skidmore College Admissions

Acceptance Rate: 39% (Highly Selective)
Test Scores  
SAT Scores:  
% of Students Submitting SAT Scores: 94%
Bottom 25th Percentile: Verbal: 580, Math: 580
Top 75th Percentile: Verbal: 680, Math: 670

Application Requirements (Undergraduate Only)

Application Fee: $ 60.00
Formal Demonstration of Competencies: Not Required
High School Diploma or Equivalent: Required
High School GPA: Recommended
High School Rank: Recommended
High School Record: Required
Recommendations: Required
TOEFL: Required
Test Scores: Required

College Advice on Skidmore College

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Isabel
Isabel

Question: University of Miami versus Skidmore College?

I need urgent help. I have to decide last minute which of these schools I should go to next year. I plan on majoring in medicine, but I want to focus on international relations in respect to medicine and cultures around the world. I'm wondering: 1. Which school will offer me a better experience? 2. Which is more academically prestigious? 3. any other advice Thank you soo much in advance!
10 months ago
Olivia J
Olivia J

Best Answer

They're both great schools. My younger sister went to Skidmore. There is no "medicine" major at Skidmore - but you can study the necessary things to get into med school later. Skidmore is a smaller school with a tight-knit community, no sororities or fraternities, and it's generally very liberal. The town is really nice. It really depends what you want out of your college experience. Also - Saratoga Springs is freezing for much of the school year but it's very pretty.
randomkid
randomkid

Question: What are my chances of getting into Skidmore College?

GPA - 93ish SAT- 1730 SAT subject : US history - 530 Chemistry - 650 math iic - 800 Took: AP CHemistry AP Calculus BC AP Chinese Organic Chemistry Multivariable Calculus (Calculus 3?)
15 months ago
dan b
dan b

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collegefinder.my-age.net - try this site. It has info about getting into Skidmore College, tips to apply and grades requirements.
Kristen Kat ;]
Kristen...

Question: How many students attend Skidmore College?

Also, what is the criteria for admittance and what extra curricular activities does the college provide? Thanks
17 months ago
kyle20005
kyle2...

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Student population of 2800. The midrange SAT score is 1160-1350. The school accepts 37% of it's applicants. Student Life Housing: on-campus residence required through sophomore year Options: coed, men-only, women-only, disabled students, Campus housing is university owned. Freshman campus housing is guaranteed Activities: drama/theater group, student-run newspaper, radio and television station, choral group, Student Government Association, student radio station, Student Volunteer Bureau, Outing Club, Skidmore News Most popular organizations: Student Government Association, student radio station, Student Volunteer Bureau, Outing Club, Skidmore News Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, late-night transport/escort service, controlled dormitory access, well-lit campus Student Services: health clinic, personal/psychological counseling Athletics Athletics: Member NCAA, All Division III Nonscholarship sports: baseball (m), basketball, crew, equestrian sports (w), field hockey (w), golf (m), ice hockey (m), lacrosse, soccer, softball (w), swimming and diving, tennis, volleyball (w) Intramural sports: basketball M/W, football M, ice hockey M(c)/W(c), racquetball M/W, skiing (downhill) M(c)/W(c), soccer M/W, tennis M/W, ultimate Frisbee M(c)/W(c), volleyball M/W Intercollegiate sports: baseball M, basketball M/W, crew M/W, equestrian sports W, field hockey W, golf M, ice hockey M, lacrosse M/W, soccer M/W, softball W, swimming and diving M/W, tennis M/W, volleyball W Good luck!
crispi
crispi

Question: SKidmore College?

I'm 13 and im going up there for a camp for 3 weeks, I just want to know is the food good? Is the hall HoweRounds good?
32 months ago
TripleThreat
Tripl...

Best Answer

Howe rounds is the best dorm at skidmore! The rooms are big for dorms, and each suite (4 people) share one bathroom, which is very very convenient. The food is very good as the dining hall has just been redone this past year. There is a wide selection, so I wouldnt worry about that. I go to Skidmore...its a wonderful school. You will have a lot of fun there, it is beautiful in the summertime.

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